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Adam Levin joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss David Foster Wallace's story 'Backbone'.

Adam Levin joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Backbone,” by David Foster Wallace, which was published in The New Yorker in 2011. Levin, a winner of the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award, is the author of the story collection “Hot Pink” and the novels “The Instructions,” “Bubblegum,” and “Mount Chicago.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Host: Deborah Treisman

Guest: Adam Levin

Topics covered

• fiction
• literature
• David Foster Wallace
• story reading
• author discussion

Keywords

• Adam Levin
• David Foster Wallace
• Backbone
• The New Yorker
• fiction
• literature

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The New Yorker

Books & works: Backbone, Hot Pink, The Instructions, Bubblegum, Mount Chicago

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